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SOLDIER'S PROTECTOR.

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SOLDIERS PROTECTOR.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 18, 1919.

Application filed August 14, 1918. Serial No. 249,847.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAM VVERBownTzxr, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new an useful Improvements in Soldiers Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a protector for soldiers that is readily transported to be set up for use wherever desired, the device being bulletproof and providing means for permitting the soldiers to lire upon the enemy with only slight risk of injury to themselves.

'A further object of the invention is the provision of a bullet-proof shield in the nature of a screen, the same being easy and inexpensive to manufacture but affording protection to a number of soldiers against flying bullets, closable' firing ports being provided at different sides of the device when set up for use.

Inthe drawings forming a part of this application and in which like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device set up for use;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof taken upon line II-II of Fig. 4 with the firing port open;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 with the ring port closed;

Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of a portion of one of the armor plates detached and broken away;

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view thereof taken upon line -V of Fig. 4; and

Figs. 6 and 7 are enlarged detail sectional views of adjusting means employed taken upon lines VI-VI and VII-VII respectively of Fig. 4.

My invention broadly comprises two rectangular armor plates 10 and 11 of equal dimensions connected together along corresponding longitudinal edges by means hinge 12, the said plates being adapted for folding together when the device is not in use and for setting upright after the nature of a screen when desired for use as a protector against oncoming missiles. Firing ports or windows 13 are provided through the plates 10 and 11, preferably in the same horizontal plane and through which ports the soldiers positioned behind the protector may re upon the enemy.

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A closure in the form of a panel 14 is provided for each port 13' swingingly mounted therein upon the rod 15 secured transversely of the adjacent plate and extending longitudinally of the port adjacent the top thereof. The rod 15 of each armor plate is placed in its operative transverse position through sockets 1G at the opposite sides of the plates adapted for receiving retaining plugs 17 preventing longitudinal displacement of the said rod. The panels 14 are readily swung outwardly of the ports 13 projecting forwardly of the plates while clips 18 carried by the rear side of the plates 10 and 11 overlying the ends of the ports 13 prevent the panels 14 from swinging rearwardly.

Two struts 19 are slidably mounted upon the forward face of each of the plates 10 and 11 extending through straps 20 carried by the plates, while angular extensions 21 at the lower ends of said struts are guidingly positioned through vertical slots 22 provided in the plates 10 and 11 beneath the ports 13. lVhen one of the panels 14 is closed within its port 13, the struts .19 may be slid upwardly overlying the outer face of the panel, retaining the panel closed after the manner of bolts as best illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings. A lip 23 is provided upon each extension 21 rearwardly of the adjacent armor plate for convenience in grasping by the soldiers positioned behind the device in moving the struts 19 upwardly and downwardly, set screws 24 being carried by the said lips 23 for retaining the struts 19 in their desired adjusted positions.

When the struts 19 are lowered, the panels 14 may be swung outwardly and forwardly and upon elevating the struts 19 beneath the adjacent panel 14, the panel is engaged by the upper ends of the struts and retained open the desired extent as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. When the struts 19 are at the upward limit of their travel the panels 14 will be maintained substantially horizontal with the ports 13 opened to their fullest extent while upon lowering the struts 19, the panels 14 may be supported inclined to the desired degree which affords protection to the soldiers behind the plates 10 and 11 when firing upon the enemy through the ports 13. In this manner, the panels 14 are readily adjusted rearwardly of the device or are locked closed, the lips 23 being employed as handles for slidingly moving the struts 19 and the screws .fran srafrnsrafrnnr onrion.

24 for retaining the struts in their adj-usted positions.

means of the hinge l2 and with the panels Y 14C closed, the' protector may be easily transported. The protector is easily set up for use in an upright position when desired by separating the plates l0 and 11 while one of the panels let may be locked closed and the other panel retained open to the desired extent for tiring through the as illustrated in F ig. l of the drawings.

7 hat I claim as new is l. A protector.comprising a plurality of armor plates hingedly connected together and having tiring ports therein, a panel swingingly mounted in each port, clips rearwardly carried by the plates overlying the ends of said ports adapted for engagement by the panels when closed within the ports, struts slidably mounted forwardly of the plates having paths ofV movement transversely of said ports, operating means for the struts positioned rearwardly of the plates, and adjustment-reta-ining means for said operating means.

2. A protector for soldiers comprising hingedly-coimected armor plates having horizontally extending tiring ports therethrough and with vertical slots beneath the said ports, a closing panel swingingly mountedin each port, locking and adjustment-retaining struts for said panels slidport 13 thereof ably mounted upon the plate with extensions positioned within said slots, lips carried by said extensions rearwardly of the plates, and retaining screws carried by said lips adapted for engaging the plates when the struts are adjusted.

3. A protector comprising an armor plate adapted to be set upright for use and having a transverse tiring port and vertical slots beneath said port, a nally through said port, a panel swingingly mounted within the port upon said rot, struts slidably mounted upon the plate overlying said slots adapted for supportin'gly positioning the panel when open and lockingly positioning the panel when the panel is closed, extensions at the lower ends of said struts slidably positioned within said slots, a lip upon the free end of each extension overlying the adjacent face of the plate, and a set screw carried by each lip adapted for engaging the platewhen the struts are in their adjusted positions. t v Y 4. A protector for soldiers comprising an armor plate Ahaving a tiring port therethrough, a rod carried by the plate traversing the port, a panel swinoingly mounted upon said rod within said port adapted for closing and opening the same, retaining struts for the panel slidably carried upon one side of the plate, and adjustment-retaining operating means for the struts at the opposite side of the plate from the struts.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

SAM VERBOWETZKI.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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